Paper holder especially adapted for toilet papers



Jan. 22, 1952 :A 2,583,411

PAPER HOLDER,- ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TOILET PAPERS Filed Oct. 25, 1948 INVENTOR. A/e v/of. (A/P4 w ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 22, 1952 PAPER HOLDER ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TOILET PAPERS Arvid F. Carlin, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Application October 25, 1948, Serial No. 56,396

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in paper holders, and more especially to supports for rolls of toilet papers, and it has with the latter object in view been constructed as a unit, or casing, to be inbuilt in a wall or a niche made in a wall, as the occasion may require.

The means of securing the toilet paper in place consists of projections arranged upon each end of the walls of said inbuilt casing, so that it is only necessary to push the roll of paper, which it is desired to place in position for use, forward, whereby it becomes engaged by said projections.

This, of course, makes the present arrangement far superior to the now commonly used system, where it is necessary to compress the spring of a spring-operated rod to effect a change of the roll of toilet paper; a motion very often beyond the strength of the maid, who generally attends to such chores.

As the genuine construction of my device is very simple, the cost of making the same will be very small.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view, showing my device in operative position.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view, taken on the line 3-3 in Figure l.

Figure 4 is a top plan view, showing the paper holding means cut out from a blank; while 3 Figure 5 is a perspective view, showing said means bent into shape-for engagement with a sidewall of my device.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral H) indicates a casing built into a recess, or cavity, customarily found in the walls in bath rooms for the reception of a roll of toilet paper.

It is in this connection pointed out, that the side walls of the casing need not be thicker than the casing itself, as no deep depressions in said venient shape, the device, as shown herein, comprises a casing l0 having a semi-cylindrical back portion II, which at each end is closed by side walls l2, l2; each of said side walls is near its outer edge formed with a hole l3 of any desired shape, preferably square or rectangular, adapted to receive therein one end of the paper holding means l6.

The said means is shown in flat position in Figure 4, as stamped out from a blank I4.

In Figure 5 the means [6 is shown in partially bent form ready for attachment to a side wall l2.

The said means comprises a circular-formed portion I1 adapted to engage a paper roll I8, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, where said paper roll is indicated in dotted lines.

A shank l9 integral with said circular portion ll, terminating in a reduced portion and having two'prongs 20, 20 which, in attaching the means I6 to an end wall ll of the casing l0, project through the hole 13 in said end wall and are then bent upon the outer side of the latter, as shown in dotted lines'at 24 in Figure 2.

While the shank 19, in bent position, will normally cover the hole 13, when viewed from the inside of the wall [2, the very end portion 2| of said shank, which end portion is of a rounded shape, projects a little beyond said hole l3 so as to give support and strength to the attachment of the paper holding means IE, as may be seen in Figure 2, where said end portion is shown in dotted lines.

In Figure 5, where the means I6 is shown in bent position ready for attachment, the shank I9 is bent upon itself as at 23, and thus adapted to give sufl'icient springiness and tension to the circular portion [1 in engaging a roll of paper.

The part of the side Wall against which the bent portion of the shank rests, is formed with a slightly reduced portion, as shown in dotted lines at '22 in Figure 1, so as to accommodate said bent portion of the shank and lend support to the latter.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the'f'orm, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown herein, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from walls are: necessary to receive the-sprlng-operated rod now commonly used for holding a roll of paper.

While my device may be made 9i all} com the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown "and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A toilet paper roll holder having a pair of blanks bent upon themselves, each of said blanks comprising a substantially circular-formed fiat ARVID F. CARLIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,643,380 Jordan Sept. 27, 1927 1,693,877 Uttz Dec. 4, 1928 2,095,419 Pollard Oct. 12, 1937 Clemson Dec. 7, 1937 

